Results tagged “entertainmentdistrict”

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-A-Verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we've all been up to. After cooling down from a hot weekend of many badass Sunset Junction Street Fair photo dispatches, LAist asked... more ›

A City Council committee will hear testimony this afternoon about the effects of secondhand smoke, the first of two hearings planned to help officials decide whether to extend the city's smoking ordinance to possibly ban smoking in bars as well as restaurants. And there's a new twist to the discussion: Apparently tired of the idea that people can smoke in bars, but not in restaurants, the Greater Houston Restaurant Association came out in favor of a total ban yesterday. more ›

A little over a year before we get our own House of Blues downtown, word comes that the famed music venue and restaurant has been acquired by Live Nation, the Clear Channel Communications entertainment company. It was a $350 million transaction. Live Nation claims that the acquisition will not affect the opening of Houston’s House of Blues, which is set for the fall of 2007 in a new entertainment district near the convention center downtown.... more ›

One of the good things about living in the Central Time Zone is that, on New Year's Eve, we can watch the ball drop in Times Square at 11 p.m. and still have time to watch Houston's — how do we put it nicely? — typically less-than-spectacular midnight celebration downtown. But this year might be a turning point for our local NYE party: Houston finally has something to drop at midnight. Except it will rise,... more ›